Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Catharina Hospital Eindhoven, Michelangelolaan 2, Eindhoven, 5632 EJ, Netherlands.
Department of Medical Psychology, Catharina Hospital Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
J Patient Rep Outcomes. 2023 Oct 30;7(1):108. doi: 10.1186/s41687-023-00642-3.
In patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a symptom with major impact on health-related quality of life is fatigue. To assess fatigue and conduct research regarding fatigue in IBD patients, a validated disease specific assessment tool is required. The aim of this study was to translate the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Fatigue patient self-assessment scale (IBD-F) into Dutch and to validate this translated scale in a Dutch IBD population.
The study comprised three phases. In phase 1, the original IBD-F was translated into Dutch. Phase 2 comprised a pilot-test of the pre-final Dutch IBD-F to assess content validity by applying a semi-structured interview design. In phase 3, construct validity, internal consistency and test-retest reliability were assessed using a cross-sectional design.
Phase 1 resulted in the pre-final version of the Dutch IBD-F. After five semi-structured interviews with IBD patients in phase 2, minor adjustments were made which resulted in the final version of the Dutch IBD-F. Evaluation of this final version in 133 IBD patients showed adequate psychometric properties: good convergent validity with the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory subscales (Spearman's r 0.57-0.86) and excellent internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha 0.94 for Section I and 0.97 for Section II). Test-retest reliability in 102 patients was shown to be good (Section I ICC 0.85 (95% CI 0.79-0.90) and Section II ICC 0.88 (95% CI 0.83-0.92)).
The thorough translation process resulted in a comprehensible, valid and reliable version of the Dutch IBD-F. Convergent validity with the MFI-20 appeared to be good. This study found excellent internal consistency and good test-retest reliability.
在炎症性肠病（IBD）患者中，对生活质量有重大影响的症状之一是疲劳。为了评估疲劳并研究 IBD 患者的疲劳问题，需要使用经过验证的特定于疾病的评估工具。本研究的目的是将炎症性肠病疲劳患者自我评估量表（IBD-F）翻译成荷兰语，并在荷兰 IBD 人群中验证该翻译量表。
该研究包括三个阶段。在第 1 阶段，将原始的 IBD-F 翻译成荷兰语。第 2 阶段包括对预终版荷兰 IBD-F 的试点测试，以通过应用半结构化访谈设计评估内容效度。在第 3 阶段，采用横断面设计评估结构有效性、内部一致性和重测信度。
第 1 阶段产生了荷兰语预终版 IBD-F。在第 2 阶段对 5 名 IBD 患者进行了 5 次半结构化访谈后，进行了一些小的调整，得出了荷兰语 IBD-F 的最终版本。在 133 名 IBD 患者中评估了最终版本，结果显示出了适当的心理测量学特性：与多维疲劳量表（MFI-20）的子量表具有良好的收敛效度（Spearman's r 0.57-0.86）和极好的内部一致性（第 I 节的 Cronbach's alpha 0.94 和第 II 节的 0.97）。在 102 名患者中，重测信度显示良好（第 I 节 ICC 0.85（95%CI 0.79-0.90）和第 II 节 ICC 0.88（95%CI 0.83-0.92））。
经过彻底的翻译过程，产生了一个易于理解、有效且可靠的荷兰语 IBD-F 版本。与 MFI-20 的收敛效度似乎很好。本研究发现内部一致性极好，重测信度良好。
